Hi, can you please tell me if the radiator is to be transferred to the trunk, will a standard water pump be enough? Or will the performance be low and you need to install an additional electrical one?
Did consider that but then the two exhausts have to pass each other so that takes up more space horizontally and brings one of them even closer to the intercooler
Sorry if I completely ignored half this video (I was working at the same time as listening/watching) and this is indeed already your plan, but are you putting the light housings back in? You could gain some space in the engine bay by not fitting lights and running a light bar along the front or something noriyaro style. Wouldn't net you a tonne of space but would give a little more wiggle room.
Why don’t you have the turbos oriented like you said but have an x pipe between then and then each side make the 180 turn into a horizontal silence and have the exhausts exit at the side of the bumper in front of the front wheel. ( then the wastegate dumps could make a simple 90 and exit in the same place on the bumper.
yeah did look at doing that but not super keen on front bumper exit exhaust, and also don't like hard joining both of the turbos together via the downpipe like that because then when the manifolds etc try to expand due to heat it will put more strain on everything
@@ChrisDrift True but if you use decent wall thickness pipe with the length of runs being considered cracking should'nt be a major issue. But fair enough if you dont like front bumper exit, will be good to see how it turns out!
Having built a 350Z TT myself from scratch like you. Look at fabricating new low profile engine mounts brackets and using a Rx7 engine mount you will discover allot of room. Also if your placing turbos forward of the engine and having rear mount radiator google up some photos of chris forsbergs 370z with the VR.
yeah already had a good look at forsberg's - he actually has another 370 with a 350Z engine in that's even better to compare with. We did consider making some custom engine mounts but tbh I think we'll be ok with the current ones (the Z1 solid mounts I have are already a bit lower profile than the stock ones)
Nah we tried that but nowhere near unfortunately. I'll keep the flanges and the very first part of the runners but everything after that needs re making
Go old z cars doesn't matter what model you own there all a complete ball ache to work on. I am almost certain it was part of their criteria. Must be fun to drive check, must be good handling check, decent value check, oh and we must have a maximum of 3mm between every part and must be able swollow sockets at radom times,and be able to rip skin to the bone. God only knows how bad the 400z will be. But that's a import job that's why I am going single rear turbo no room in the 350z hr twin intakes the DE is bad but know where as near cramped as the HR. Is so much more easy to main but alot of custom piping certainly not paying 8k for a supercharger plus 3-3.5k for fitting.
haha yeah the 370 engine bay was ridiculous. I was the same originally - looked at supercharger kits and was like damn that's way too expensive, I could build my own turbo setup for less than that... so I did. But yeah single rear mount is probably the most sensible option
I'm excited to see the the 370 be full race car, idk if I've recommend you paint the z with steel-lit. Its basically paint you can weld on
not heard of that but will have a look cheers
Hi, can you please tell me if the radiator is to be transferred to the trunk, will a standard water pump be enough? Or will the performance be low and you need to install an additional electrical one?
Could the exhaust not work better if you have the left hand turbo exhaust exit in the right hand side.of the car?
Did consider that but then the two exhausts have to pass each other so that takes up more space horizontally and brings one of them even closer to the intercooler
Sorry if I completely ignored half this video (I was working at the same time as listening/watching) and this is indeed already your plan, but are you putting the light housings back in? You could gain some space in the engine bay by not fitting lights and running a light bar along the front or something noriyaro style. Wouldn't net you a tonne of space but would give a little more wiggle room.
yeah no headlights, and probably won't even run a light bar normally cos we only drive in daylight 99% of the time
Thanks Chris for the lockdown Covid vid' can't wait for more vids' :))
Why don’t you have the turbos oriented like you said but have an x pipe between then and then each side make the 180 turn into a horizontal silence and have the exhausts exit at the side of the bumper in front of the front wheel. ( then the wastegate dumps could make a simple 90 and exit in the same place on the bumper.
yeah did look at doing that but not super keen on front bumper exit exhaust, and also don't like hard joining both of the turbos together via the downpipe like that because then when the manifolds etc try to expand due to heat it will put more strain on everything
@@ChrisDrift True but if you use decent wall thickness pipe with the length of runs being considered cracking should'nt be a major issue. But fair enough if you dont like front bumper exit, will be good to see how it turns out!
I admire you for de swapping a 370z 😁 your videos always make me wanna twin turbo my drift z
Having built a 350Z TT myself from scratch like you. Look at fabricating new low profile engine mounts brackets and using a Rx7 engine mount you will discover allot of room. Also if your placing turbos forward of the engine and having rear mount radiator google up some photos of chris forsbergs 370z with the VR.
yeah already had a good look at forsberg's - he actually has another 370 with a 350Z engine in that's even better to compare with. We did consider making some custom engine mounts but tbh I think we'll be ok with the current ones (the Z1 solid mounts I have are already a bit lower profile than the stock ones)
Could the manifolds not be switched, saving you making them up again?
Nah we tried that but nowhere near unfortunately. I'll keep the flanges and the very first part of the runners but everything after that needs re making
Go old z cars doesn't matter what model you own there all a complete ball ache to work on. I am almost certain it was part of their criteria. Must be fun to drive check, must be good handling check, decent value check, oh and we must have a maximum of 3mm between every part and must be able swollow sockets at radom times,and be able to rip skin to the bone. God only knows how bad the 400z will be. But that's a import job that's why I am going single rear turbo no room in the 350z hr twin intakes the DE is bad but know where as near cramped as the HR. Is so much more easy to main but alot of custom piping certainly not paying 8k for a supercharger plus 3-3.5k for fitting.
haha yeah the 370 engine bay was ridiculous. I was the same originally - looked at supercharger kits and was like damn that's way too expensive, I could build my own turbo setup for less than that... so I did. But yeah single rear mount is probably the most sensible option
@@ChrisDrift cost effective and ease of maintenance yes. the biggest ball ache is going to be routing all the custom pipe work.
If you have any parts that your thinking of selling that I could use for my build let me know.
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